Decision details
Debt Write-Off Procedure
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decision:
Cabinet RESOLVED:
(1) To note the revised arrangements for the write-off of bad debts, as set out in Appendix 2 of the report.
(2) To note the debt write-offs over £3,000 listed in Appendix 3 of the report and that these largely related to old debts from 1994 to 2010.
(3) To note that while there was a requirement to report write-offs over £3,000 to Cabinet this was the first report of this kind since the recommendation in the Council’s Internal Audit report of June 2019 as set out in Appendix 1 of the report.
(4) To note the revised debt policy referred to as Ethical Debt Policy that had been updated and approved by the Strategic Director for Customer and Digital Services to include reference to the new Breathing Space requirements as set out in Appendix 4 of the report.
Publication date: 06/04/2021
Date of decision: 06/04/2021
Decided at meeting: 06/04/2021 - Cabinet
Effective from: 14/04/2021
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